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19 May 1843. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Kenyon, John.

19 May 1843. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Kenyon, John.

[London]
May 19. 1843.
Thank you my dear cousin for all your kindness to me! There is ivy enough for a thyrsus .. and I almost feel ready to enact a sort of Bacchus triumphalis “for jollitie” as I see it already planted & looking in at me through the window. I never thought to see such a sight as that in my London room!,—& am overwhelmed with my own glory.
And then Mr Browning’s note! Unless you say ‘nay’ to me, I shall keep this note which has pleased me so much—yet not more than it ought– Now I

[London]
May 19. 1843.
Thank you my dear cousin for all your kindness to me! There is ivy enough for a thyrsus .. and I almost feel ready to enact a sort of Bacchus triumphalis “for jollitie” as I see it already planted & looking in at me through the window. I never thought to see such a sight as that in my London room!,—& am overwhelmed with my own glory.
And then Mr Browning’s note! Unless you say ‘nay’ to me, I shall keep this note which has pleased me so much—yet not more than it ought– Now I